Quote Originally Posted by Oglethorpe View Post
There is a program that mimics "burning" but rather than burning to CD via CD-R drive, it uses a virtual drive to "burn" to the hard drive in a format of your choosing.

I converted my entire iTunes library to mp3 using it. I'll be damned if I'm going to let them control what I do with sh!t that I paid for.

I appreciate the suggestions, though, and I'll check them out, but I'm just disappointed that Lala appears to be going the way of the dodo. It really is the best thing going in terms of revolutionizing media. Offering everything available to its users online on the cheap is pretty amazing and legal.

I'm sure Apple will ruin it on multiple levels.
The real revolution will be when artists are selling their music directly to their fanbase without having to pay percentages for agents and labels and online stores. It's easy for established artists to do that now, but we'll get to the point where up-and-comers can follow the same model and achieve success.